Scientific Communication Critique
Introduction
The author of the article on Postharvest biology and technology introduces the various techniques used in the treatment of agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables. The author provides a comprehensive summary of the source article to give the reader a clear picture of what the whole article is all about. The objective statement in this article acts as the overall directive mechanism for the reader. The author provides valid arguments supported by in-text citations from various authors. The cases by the author in the introduction part are accurate since they are based on the underlying evidence from other sources. A good research introduction exhibits excellent rhetorical structure, which conveys the meaning of the research by using comprehensive language and style that communicates the ideas behind the study.
Critique
Use of rhetorical devices in literary works invokes emotions among the readers (Flick, 2018). The author uses rhetorical devices in the introduction to invoke feelings among the consumers of the preserved vegetables. The article documents that the consumption of the preserved vegetables, which have undergone postharvest chemical treatments are unsafe for human consumption. Such vegetables might be contaminated in the process of the treatment, and the effect might go unnoticed. The rhetorical effect is felt in this assertion among the consumers who might have consumed such products. Perhaps it is the reason the author calls for the treatment of such agricultural at an optimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. The author then persuades the readers that the new physical technologies are the only way of combating such contaminations. The article further records that there has been an increase in the use of such technologies in the past years. The author also uses rhetorical devices to persuade the audience that treatments of such products with a low dose of UV-C can be effective because it delays ripening, and produces no pollutant. The CARS model set the stage for the entire paper. The agricultural engineers, and the biotech food manufacturers could thus gauge the creation of the rhetorical space in the introduction since it focused on a particular domain of the research (University of Southern Carlifornia, 2019).
The use of complex literature terms in articles sometimes leads to the misunderstanding of the script. Thus the article may not relay the intended ideas in real-time (Cobb et al., 2016). The author uses diction, which only fit some category of the intended audience. Statements such as “synthesis of the phenolic compounds” may prove difficult to articulate in real-time. The reader may be subjected to various research when the meaning was required instantly for effective, and efficiency purposes. Too long sentences in the introduction, which are integrated with in-text citations make the introduction to miss the desired literary style and language. The citations distort the sentence structure, and the author should have considered doing a citation for the group authors who had a similar idea.
Conclusion
To conclude, rhetorical structure, language, and style of writing a play a pivotal role in relaying the intended message to the reader. Wrong use of language and style may prevent a clear understanding of the overall argument. The use of rhetorical structure may also make the article interesting to read since rhetorical devices are also informative. The author’s work mimics the use of C.A.R.S model, which provided the breakthrough at the beginning of the research. The model was useful in the introductory section since it set the stage for the entire paper. By including the research objective in the introduction, the model assessed how the introduction could fit in the broad scope of the study.